I saw this film when I was a young adult, and was rather
annoyed and unimpressed with it. It didn't have the feel of
traditional noir or hardboiled--very much more a melodrama.
It was unable to hook me or make me care about what a
complete, jealous bitch Ellen was. Maybe men are more shocked
by the horrible things women are capable of, but the depths
to which Ellen was willing to sink in exercising her insanity
weren't actually new ideas to me--only a matter of
degree.
Tierney looked great and Jeanne Crain as the spunky little
sister was exactly as ordered at central casting, but the
film itself had very few teeth for my money. Why this is
referred to as "women's noir" I'm not sure, since it seemed
to play more to the fears men had about women and the
stereotypes they appied to what women "ought to be like" than
what women actually thought and did.
Maybe I'll prefer the book, now I'm older, but I'm kind of
doubting it.
-- Kat Richardson http://katrichardson.com/
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote: > > Jeff, > > Haven't read the book, but if the movie is faithfull to it (as Ed says), > then it's an odd (odd, not bad) wedding of Douglas Sirk type melodrama > and noir (talking about plot and actions, it's actually mostly in pretty > bright colors). And as Ed says, she's quite an interesting bitch. > > Mark >
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